(H.P.), Apr 21:* On the occasion of the ongoing *78-day Yajna Anushthan of all four Vedas*, *Swami Ram Swarup, Yogacharya, Ved Mandir, Yol*, drew the attention of devotees to *Yajurveda Mantra 1/1* and explained that in the entire universe, the one supreme act that benefits all is *Yagya* alone.
Speaking on the significance of Yagya, Swami ji said that *Manu Bhagwan in the Manusmriti* states — _”Akhilah Vedah Dharmamoolam”_ — meaning the entire body of the four Vedas is the root of Dharma. He further cited *Vaisheshik Shastra Sutra 1/1/2*, where the sage, expressing faith in the Vedas, explains that Dharma is that action by which we achieve both worldly welfare, i.e. material progress, and also attain _moksha_ (liberation).
“Success in all deeds is attained only through Yagya,” he said. Quoting *Rigveda Mantra 9/113/6*, he explained that the knower of the four Vedas, the Brahma, expounds the Vedic word in the Yagya (_Chhandasyaam Vaacham Vadan_) and thereby grants seekers the bliss of liberation through knowledge, action, and worship — covering both material and spiritual advancement. This is what Yagya is.
The teaching of the *Atharvaveda* is also the same: at the time of creation, Yagya emerged from Parameshwar, and from Yagya emerged Parameshwar. In *Yajurveda Mantra 1/2*, God instructs the learned human being: “O scholar! Yagya is the act that purifies. The oblations and ghee offered in Yagya take a subtle form and purify the universe and all beings. It sustains the world and, by giving supreme happiness to the universe (_Drinhasva_), it grows.”
Swami Ram Swarup expressed concern that “it is a matter of sorrow that since the beginning of Kaliyuga, people have abandoned performing Yagya,” even though *Yajurveda Mantra 1/2* also carries God’s command that the Yajman and the Veda-knowing scholars must never abandon Yagya, the most exalted of all deeds.
“But what can be said? By abandoning Yagya, we in Bharatvarsha have become isolated and alone. The Supreme Lord, who is our protector and giver of happiness, has abandoned us and is giving us sorrow,” he said.
He concluded with the hard truth from *Yajurveda Mantra 2/23*, where Parameshwar says that whoever abandons Yagya, God also abandons them in order to give them sorrow.
Swami Ram Swarup, Yogacharya
